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the smell of paint made his stomach go funny—el olor a pintura le revolvió el estómago

3.2informal (slightly mad)

tocado informal

rayado South America informal

he's a bit funny in the head—está medio tocado (del ala)informal

I feel like my life is surrounded by people who are totally deranged and totally funny.

It seems that corporations would want good problem-solvers, even if they were eccentric and dressed funny.

nounPlural funnies

informal

1funnies pluralUS

(comic strips)

tiras cómicas feminine

sección de historietas feminine

sección de monitos feminineColombia Chile informal

There aren't many chief executives who, three weeks into their new job, are relaxed enough to crack a few funnies.

Reid cracked a few funnies, but the heavy weight of his office prevented a repeat of a hilarious, near-the-knuckle speech at the same venue at a CBI dinner two years ago.

Which reminds me of one of my favourite Woody Allen funnies.

And although there are some good gags, such as the one about death by Kay's catalogue, there are too many cheap funnies about thong underwear.

Speaking of statements, have the funnies always been so political?

However, this has been another killer week for me, and therefore no funnies this time.

Will read the funnies, answer my mail, finish writing a column, and then see if I can walk to Central Park North before I have to get ready for dinner.

I cracked a few funnies and the assembled throng all guffawed maniacally.

Sure, he was supremely polished and slick, but the content was like a soggy trifle, with precious few funnies for the diners.

There were 4 or 5 funnies in it too, but, as is normally the case when I've had a manic week, my memory isn't functioning well, and I honestly can't remember what they were.

We found our names hidden in the artwork of the Sunday funnies.

The best and worst of our exceedingly odd times are reflected in the end-of-the-year funnies, with grumpiness, cross-dressing, political rage and celebrity obsession emerging as dominant themes.

He was in York recently for some bash or other and regaled his hosts with a few funnies.

He cracks funnies about his friends and coworkers at his office this time.

Some will say the funnies will not sound ‘real’ if the speech is correct.

Of course, the real funnies are on the front pages of most papers these days.

Looking healthy despite his jet-lag and lack of sleep, he cracks funnies between songs and enthuses about his in-progress new album (which, by the sounds of things, will be more politically-informed than ever).

Make sure you read the funnies to each other and you must use appropriate voices for different characters!

Joanne said: ‘I'm delighted to have won this award although in accepting it the pressure's now on to come up with some funnies.’

It was wrapped very badly in the Sunday funnies in the newspaper.

He writes something with great care on the margin of the funnies.

A Metropolitan Sunday Newspapers study found that 113 million Americans (86 million adults and 27 million kids) read the funnies.

‘God, it's so obvious you know,’ Cody states, glancing up from his precious funnies to look at me.

I gravitated to comics really early on, like the funnies in the newspaper like Blondie, Beetle Bailey and Nancy.

But most of all you are reminded of comic books, comic strips, the funnies - Krazy Kat, Mutt and Jeff.

Luke Wright says comics have come a long way from the back page funnies.

Frances, songwriter and head honcho, cracks the funnies, at her own expense as well as her colleagues.

Everyone who reads blogs reads them for the commentary; not the sports, not the funnies and not the coupons.

I guess like most Americans I wait to have history played back to me in the papers, at the movies or on television, my own experiences of the time being lost somewhere amongst the commercial breaks and the funnies.